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Google Apps Scripts: import (upload) media from Google Drive to Google Photos?

I see that we can import (upload) media (photos, videos,...) from Google Drive to Google Photos. My goal is: do this task with code.

I have successfully got a list of photos from Google Drive, and I store their IDs in an Array. I have this code:

  var arrId =
  [
   //Some image id...
  ]; 
  var length = arrId.length;
  var driveApplication = DriveApp;
  for(var i=0;i<length;++i)
  {
    var file = driveApplication.getFileById(arrId[i]);
    //Now I got the file, how can I programmatically import this file to Google Photos
  }

I have searched the docs of Google Script, but I couldn't find any API of Google Photos.

Thanks.

Solution

  • If my understanding is correct, how about this answer?

    In this answer, I would like to achieve your goal using a Google Apps Script library of GPhotoApp. This library has the method for uploading a file in Google Drive to Google Photo.

    Usage:

    1. Linking Cloud Platform Project to Google Apps Script Project:

    About this, you can see the detail flow at here.

    2. Install library

    Install this library.

    IMPORTANT

    This library uses V8 runtime. So please enable V8 at the script editor.

    About scopes

    This library use the following 2 scopes. In this case, when the library is installed, these scopes are automatically installed.

    Sample script 1:

    At first, please retrieve the album ID you want to upload. For this, please use the following script.

    function getAlbumList() {
  const excludeNonAppCreatedData = true;
  const res = GPhotoApp.getAlbumList(excludeNonAppCreatedData);
  console.log(res.map(e => ({title: e.title, id: e.id})))
}

    Sample script 2:

    Using the retrieved album ID, you can upload the image files to Google Photo. In this sample script, arrId of your script is used.

    function uploadMediaItems() {
  const albumId = "###";  // Please set the album ID.
  var arrId =
  [
   //Some image id...
  ]; 

  const items = arrId.map(id => {
    const file = DriveApp.getFileById(id);
    return {blob: file.getBlob(), filename: file.getName()};
  });
  const res = GPhotoApp.uploadMediaItems({albumId: albumId, items: items});
  console.log(res)
}

    Note:

    References: